The Most Amazing Places to Visit in London gives you an insider's view of the capital, from the suburbs to the City. London as a destination for visitors is more popular than ever, but in addition to the obvious sights & attractions, tourists & residents alike are seeking out more unusual places to see. Even if you have lived in London all your life, you will find something to surprise you here, whether it is the tent-like tomb of explorer Sir Richard Burton in an East Sheen churchyard, the street in the City which is technically in Cambridgeshire, the best place to play outdoor table tennis or a restaurant in a former asylum which also housed MI5 & MI6. A special section on the Olympic park will also look at all the amazing new buildings & the park itself, while also looking back at London's Olympic history. ...

The Pacific Northwest draws visitors every year to its sparkling coves & waterways, pristine mountains & broad beaches & charms them with its quirky towns & spirited communities. The Most Beautiful Villages & Towns of the Pacific Northwest is a tour in words & photographs of the picturesque small towns of Oregon, Washington & British Columbia their charming inns, quaint Main Streets & magnificent scenery
- & brings to life the stories of those who made epic journeys to this corner of North America. This is a charming addition to the perennially popular Most Beautiful Villages series.
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Villages are the very embodiment of Englishness. Honey coloured cottages from peaceful Cornwall communities; splendid thatched roofs sweeping over eaves & windows in the villages of Hampshire; half-timbering, flint & limestone giving Suffolk hamlets their characteristic appearance; & limestone, sandstone & millstone grit giving a darker look to those of Yorkshire, Durham & Northumberl&. This volume records the richness & diversity of the English village in photographs & commentary. Grouped by area & sub-divided by county, this is a celebration of the most beautiful villages of Engl&. ...

This work presents images & impressions of numerous villages in Ireland which as well as being beautiful are working, living communities. The book follows the divisions of ancient provinces
- Ulster, Leinster, Connacht, & Muster
- & uncovers various rural beauty spots
- some well-known, others less so. Places featured include the coastal villages of Cork, Ardagh in County Longford
- where Oliver Goldsmith was inspired to write She Stoops to Conquer, Roscommon & Galway, in Connacht & the villages of Donegal. This visual & verbal record to Irish villages also contains a guide to various sites of interest, markets, hotels, & restaurants.



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Cherished as the birthplace of the American Revolution, the six states which make up the region known as New England are home to some of the oldest & most beautiful villages of the United States. From the fishing villages of the rocky Atlantic coast to the hardy upland communities of the Adirondack mountains, these places preserve & reflect America`s rich architectural & cultural legacy in public meeting halls & churches, 19th-century industrial mills & factories, seaside homes in weathered grey shingle, austerely white clapboard houses around village greens, & exuberent Victorian homes. This book presents over 25 villages & small towns, chosen for their beauty & historical significance & for the way they represent the region`s diverse landscape. The photographs aim to capture the phenomenon of New England`s seasons. It comes with a map & a traveller`s guide. ...

Orford Ness was, for most of the twentieth century, a military research station so secret that nobody knew what went on there, & so remote that even now most people have never heard of it. Yet the contribution of its scientists, service & civilian, to the winning of the First World War, the Second World War & the Cold War places them on a par with the codebreakers of Bletchley Park. At this highly atmospheric & often inhospitable location on the Suffolk coast, the Royal Flying Corps (later RAF) conducted crucial experiments & trials, some brilliant, others futile, on effective gunnery, accurate bombing & enhanced navigational aids. It was the venue for Watson Watt`s early work on radar & for Barnes Wallis` enhanced Tallboy bomb. From 1953, the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment used it as the testing range for British nuclear bombs. In 1967 the world`s most powerful radar station, COBRA MIST, was constructed for the US Department of Defense. Why it was closed down is just one of many Orford Ness mysteries. Owned by the National Trust since 1993, Orford Ness is a National Nature Reserve of international significance. But its military history has proved no less important & its secrets highly intriguing. This book tells an incredible tale of ingenious, talented & brave men
- & women
- who operated with typically British patience & resourcefulness in often highly uncomfortable &, on occasions, fatal circumstances.

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Join the wonderfully funny & utterly endearing Mary Plain & her family & friends in her first ever adventure! Mary Plain is an orphan who lives with her relatives in the bear pits at Berne Zoo, Switzerl&. A delightful but rather unusual bear, with a huge personality & an appetite to match, you never quite know what escapades she`ll get up to next! Gwynedd Rae`s enchanting Mary Plain stories have an enduring, timeless appeal & Clara Vulliamy`s fresh, funny & energetic illustrations will introduce Mary Plain & friends to a whole new generation of readers. The original text is lovingly reproduced in this hardback foiled edition, with br&-new black & white artwork by renowned illustrator Clara Vulliamy, including a new heart-warming introduction from Clara Vulliamy about what the books mean to her. Welsh author Gwynedd Rae (1892-1977) was the creator of the much-loved Mary Plain series. The first book in the series, Mostly Mary, was published in 1930 & the last, Mary Plain`s Whodunnit, was published in 1965. The series

Includes:: 14 books about Mary`s adventures. Clara Vulliamy has illustrated over 35 children`s books & has been published by Harper Collins, Orchard Books, Random House, Walker Books & Kingfisher. She is the daughter of author & illustrator, Shirley Hughes & together they created the Dixie O` Day series. She lives in Twickenham with her husband & has two grown-up daughters.

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` However many times it has been done, the act of casting off the warps & letting go one`s last hold of the shore at the start of a voyage has about it something solemn & irrevocable, like marriage, for better or for worse.` Mostly Mischief`s ordinary title belies four more extraordinary voyages made by H.W. ` Bill` Tilman covering almost 25, 000 miles in both Arctic & Antarctic waters. The first sees the pilot cutter Mischief retracing the steps of Elizabethan explorer John Davis to the eastern entrance to the Northwest Passage. Tilman & a companion land on the north coast & make the hazardous crossing of Bylot Island while the remainder of the crew make the eventful passage to the southern shore to recover the climbing party. Back in Engl&, Tilman refuses to accept the condemnation of Mischief`s surveyor, undertaking costly repairs before heading back to sea for a first encounter with the East Greenland ice. Between June 1964 & September 1965, Tilman is at sea almost without a break. Two eventful voyages to East Greenland in Mischief provide the entertaining bookends to his account of the five-month voyage in the Southern Ocean as skipper of the schooner Patanela. Tilman had been h&-picked by the expedition leader as the navigator best able to land a team of Australian & New Zealand climbers & scientists on Heard Isl&, a tiny volcanic speck in the Furious Fifties devoid of safe anchorages & capped by an unclimbed glaciated peak. In a separate account of this successful voyage, Colin Putt describes the expedition as unique-the first ascent of a mountain to start below sea level. ...

Moston in 1933 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the Moston area of north east of Manchester. Coverage stretches from Arran Street & Lily Lane eastward to Hale Lane & Hardman Fold, & from Bluestone Road northward to Charlestown Road. Features include Broadhurst Park, Street Fold, tramways, Blackley Golf Course, the eastern half of Boggart Hole Clough, St Joseph`s Cemetery, Shackcliffe Green, Moston Collieries, Moston Mill, New Moston, Engineering Works; the LMS railway with Moston Exchange Sidings runs through the map. On the reverse are extracts from a 1917 street directory for Lightbowne Road & Moston Lane. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Cycling routes in the Moststrasse region of Austria between the Danube, the Enns & the Ybbs presented at 1:75, 000 by Verlag Esterbauer with essential information on accommodation, repair facilities, etc. All the text is in GERMAN only but extensive map legend

Includes:: English, as shown on our sample image. Esterbauer’s Bikeline guides in this series can be used without any knowledge of German, particularly in the absence of similar products in English from other publishers. Each atlas

Includes:: a selection of local cycling routes & tours, presented on clear, easy to follow maps. The overprint highlighting the routes indicates road surface & density of motorized traffic. Gradients, intermediate distances, danger points & roads closed to cyclists are marked, & route profiles show the degree of difficulty for each cycle path. A wide range of symbols indicate everything from covered & lockable bicycle stands, repair workshops & bike rentals to viewpoints, nature parks, leisure & sport centres, local shopping facilities, emergency services, etc. The guides also give opening hours of museums & other local places of interest. A separate section at the end of each guide lists accommodation addresses with phone numbers. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.



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